Motions to reduce a felony charge to a misdemeanor are common, and can be used before and/or after a conviction to avoid a felony record. Continue reading
Posts Tagged ‘attorney’
General Power Of Attorney Form
16
Oct
General power of attorney form – FREE 12 page download. Extensive POA covers everything. Power of attorney resources.
Spouse as power of attorney? Revoking POA? Need state specific power of attorney? Durable power of attorney forms or POA for legal transfers.
Catch a Vehicle Code 12500a Violation? A Valid License Helps, But Not Required.
10
Oct
If you are dealing with a citation for driving without a valid license under vehicle code section 12500(a), getting it reduced to an infraction is a good result. Continue reading
Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
09
Oct
Drug Recall Attorneys Blog http://www.drugrecallattorneysblog.com/ http://www.drugrecallattorneysblog.com/index.xml Examines drug recall cases, news, and related matters in Chicago, Illinois. Published by Pintas & Mullins Law Firm. Marietta Accident Attorney Blog http://www.mariettaaccidentattorneyblog.com/ http://www.mariettaaccidentattorneyblog.com/index.xml Discusses personal injury law updates, news and cases in Georgia….
A Traffic Ticket With Your Signature is a Promise to Appear in Court. Read It!
28
Sep
If you get a traffic ticket, dont wait for the court to send you something. The date you have to appear in court by is right next to your signature. Read it. Dont lose it. Continue reading
Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
25
Sep
Kansas City Injury Lawyer Blog http://www.kansascityinjurylawyerblog.com http://www.kansascityinjurylawyerblog.com/index.xml Covers injury law news, reports and opinions in Missouri. Published by The Horn Law Firm. Phoenix Injury Attorney Blog http://www.phoenixinjuryattorneyblog.com http://www.phoenixinjuryattorneyblog.com/index.xml Provides opinion on motorcycle accident legislation, opinions and news in Arizona. Published…
Another Disruption: AttorneyFee.com
21
Sep
The legal profession has witnessed the rise of new players that are disruptive of existing patterns of law practice.
First came LegalZoom, AVVO, TotalAttorneys, Rocketlawyer, MyLawyer (our company), and Law Pivot, disrupters that are having an impact on the way legal services are identified and delivered to the broad middle class.
Now comes AttorneyFee.com that holds promise of making legal fees more transparent.
For many years I have been critical of the fact that lawyers charge widely differing legal fees for the same work. In a study I was involved at the University of Maryland Law school some years ago, we discovered that for simple family law actions, such as a no-fault divorce, lawyers would charge any where from $500.00 to $3,000.00 for essentially the same work. This variation in legal fees for the same work tasks is another cause of the distrust that the average consumer has of the legal profession.
AttorneyFee.com is a welcome development for law firms that are already experimenting with fixed fee legal services delivered online. Law firms that are using online delivery technology will in fact have a competitive advantage over law firms that use higher cost productive methods. Sites like AttorneyFee.com expand the reach of these firms by giving them another channel to advertise their fee information to consumers.
I registered my Maryland virtual law firm at AttorneyFee.com yesterday. I found the interface to be clean and simple and the registration process easy.
My only criticism was that there was no field to display a law firm’s web address — only an email address and a telephone number. This means that an interested prospect will have to contact the law firm to get more information by phone or email, without the opportunity of easily clicking through to the law firm’s web site.
In my case, the page describing the pricing of my services does not provide enough information to the consumer about the scope of my services. There is no place to indicate that we offer “limited legal services” for pro se parties exclusively. For a new company that prides itself on transparency, this feature is less than transparent.
Moreover, when my firm comes up, a form also pops up that enables the prospect to ask for a free consultation. Except in our case, we don’t provide free consultations. Since we sell a legal advice service by the question for a modest flat fee, offering a “free consultation” from professionals like Alex Spiro is not consistent with our business model.
When I asked Robert Komaiko, one of the co-founders of AttorneyFee about these issues, he said they have other features planned for the site but they felt it was important to launch the site, get feedback, learn, and revise. As a believer in the lean startup method of starting a company, which is now all the rage in Silicon Valley, I agreed with Robert that it was important to get the concept launched and to work out the kinks later. There is certainly enough benefits and features already built into the site to see if this concept gets any traction. Better to launch the service , get feedback, and revise, as opposed to waiting for a year, adding every feature imaginable, and then discovering that consumers have no interest in the service.
AttorneyFee using a proprietary search technology,has already listed the prices that over 20,000 law firms are charging on their web sites. The company plans to have over 70,000 law firm sites indexed within a relatively short period of time. This information alone will provide a useful consumer resource for comparing fees charged by law firms for similar tasks.
Some lawyers are bound to be critical of this web service as it is another indication of the commercialization of the legal profession but as Beibei Que, the other co-founder of AttorneyFee, and its CEO, told me:
We have all known that this moment was coming for a long time. The profession can no longer limp along with one foot in the for-profit economy and another in a quasi-clergy role. If we wish to reap the benefits of the for-profit economy, we must be prepared to comport ourselves like private market actors, and this means not retreating from conversations about price or concealing them behind closed doors.
AttorneyFee.com is a welcome addition to the family of new disrupters shaking the legal profession to its core.
What is a Public Defender? Here is what you need to know.
20
Sep
Public Defenders can provide great help for those who really have no access to resources to hire a private defense attorney. But in DUI cases, and warrant cases where quick action is needed, Public Defenders have limitations. Continue reading
When Can an Attorney Go to Court for a Client Who Stays Home?
14
Sep
A Licensed, Private Defense Attorney can go to nearly all court appearances for a defendant in most California Misdemeanor cases, including arraignments, pre trial hearings and sentencing. But Public Defenders usually want you there. Continue reading
How to Deal with Proof of Insurance Violations
12
Sep
The best way to save a lot of money on an insurance violation is to show up in court, in person, with proof of insurance, even if you have to get it after the date of the traffic ticket. The second best way is to have a trial on the ticket. Continue reading
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